Top 49 Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

About Abbas Kiarostami

These are some quotes by Iranian author Abbas Kiarostami Director, who was born on June 22, 1940.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

Abbas Kiarostami

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.

Abbas Kiarostami

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

Abbas Kiarostami

I am a citizen of the world.

I am a citizen of the world.

Abbas Kiarostami

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

Abbas Kiarostami

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

Abbas Kiarostami

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

Abbas Kiarostami

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

Abbas Kiarostami

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

Abbas Kiarostami

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Abbas Kiarostami

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